SYSLOGD-LISTFILES(8) Debian GNU/Linux SYSLOGD-LISTFILES(8)NAMEsyslogd-listfiles - list system logfiles
SYNOPSISsyslogd-listfiles [ -a | --all ] [ --auth ] [ -f config file ] [ -s
pattern ] [ --large nnn ] [ --news ] [ -w | --weekly ]
DESCRIPTION
Sysklogd provides a modern mechanism to log system messages. This
mechanism is controlled by the file /etc/syslog.conf. Messages are
divided into logfiles which can grow quite big. Therefore the logfiles
need to be rotated once per day, per week or per month. On a Debian
GNU/Linux system most of the files are rotated once per week.
This program helps the rotation script to determine which logfiles need
to be rotated and when. It takes care of news logfiles that are han‐
dled by the news.daily script from INN. In conjunction with the
scripts in /etc/cron.daily and /etc/cron.weekly it takes care of files
with sensitive information.
By default a list of files for daily rotation is generated. At the
moment this option only reflects entries that contain "*.*" as facil‐
ity.priority.
OPTIONS-a, --all
List all logfiles and ignore all other rules.
-f config file
Specify an alternative configuration file instead of /etc/sys‐
log.conf, which is the default.
-s pattern
Specify a regular expression for files that must not be listed.
--auth Only list files containing sensitive information such as the one
containing auth.*.
--large nnn
Define the filesize for a large file. The size is provided in
bytes. This value defaults to 1 megabyte.
--ignore-size
Don't rotate files whose file size is larger than the regular
limit (see above). This option is useful if you are postpro‐
cessing logfiles which would break if log files are rotated at a
different date/time.
--news Don't exclude news logfiles which are normally handled by the
news.daily script from INN.
-w, --weekly
Generate the list for weekly rotation.
SEE ALSOsyslog.conf(5), syslogd(8), savelog(8).
Debian Project December 5th, 2001 SYSLOGD-LISTFILES(8)
